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LIbriVox Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

by: Various

Publication date: 2016-04-03
Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Astronomy, poetry, revolution, anxiety, marriage, recollection, memory, reading, optimism, color blindness, movies, mountaineering, Buddha, Humboldt, Keller, Kierkegaard, Mt. Blanc
Language: English
Item Size: 1.3G

LibriVox recording of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042 by Various.
Read by LIbriVox Volunteers
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat, French Revolutionist Camille Desmoulins, and Buddha; a climb of Mt. Fuji by Lafcadio Hearn, reviews of 20th century poetry and of books by E. M. Delafield, Mrs. Gaskell, and Kierkegaard; marriage; motion pictures; color blindness; and an essay on optimism by Helen Keller. (Summary by Sue Anderson)
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Addeddate: 2016-04-03 22:28:38
Call number: 10663
External-identifier: urn:storj:bucket:jvrrslrv7u4ubxymktudgzt3hnpq:nonfiction042_1604_librivox
Identifier: nonfiction042_1604_librivox
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Run time: 7:01:33
Year: 2016

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33.0M

01 - Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859)

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02 - Colour-blindness

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03 - The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels

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04 - Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review

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05 - Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

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06 - Fuji-no-Yama

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07 - How To Cook Husbands

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08 - Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc

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09 - The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

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10 - Live Free Or Die (1788)

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11 - Moving Pictures

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12 - Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign

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13 - On the Education of the Recollection (1806)

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14 - On Marriage

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15 - On Reading

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17 - Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850

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18 - Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845)

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01 - Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859)

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02 - Colour-blindness

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03 - The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels

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04 - Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review

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05 - Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

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06 - Fuji-no-Yama

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07 - How To Cook Husbands

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08 - Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc

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09 - The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

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10 - Live Free Or Die (1788)

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10 - Live Free Or Die (1788)

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11 - Moving Pictures

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12 - Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign

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13 - On the Education of the Recollection (1806)

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14 - On Marriage

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15 - On Reading

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17 - Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850

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18 - Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845)

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32.8M

01 - Alexander von Humboldt, a Eulogy (1859)

9.2M

02 - Colour-blindness

9.7M

03 - The Drama of Self-Deception, a Review of E. M. Delafield's Novels

4.1M

04 - Early 20th Century Poetry, a Review

8.5M

05 - Fiammetta Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

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06 - Fuji-no-Yama

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07 - How To Cook Husbands

32.2M

08 - Jacques Balmat, or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc

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09 - The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

16.1M

11 - Moving Pictures

36.6M

12 - Mrs. Gaskell, A Novelist of Queen Victoria's Reign

12.7M

13 - On the Education of the Recollection (1806)

5.5M

14 - On Marriage

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15 - On Reading

44.4M

5.6M

17 - Soren Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety 1844 and Practice in Christianity 1850

21.3M

18 - Soren Kierkegaard: Study on his Stadia Upon Life's Way (1845)

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